Tag: Calvinism

Game, wrath, grace.

Posted on By pukeko
Well, this part of scripture -- around our salvation -- continues today, and the text flows from yesterday and the day before. As oart of that I am going to try to expand on the issue of grace and salvation, and how the theologians have… Read More

Despair and doubt do not damn.

Posted on By pukeko
Yesterday I laid into wimpy preachers, and went back to Calvin for some old, difficult and challenging teaching. Now, before I go to the text, I want to balance it with a statement about grace and our sovereign God.
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Christian theology commenced with Covenants.

Posted on By pukeko
St Stephen Martyr gave the first recorded justification of the Christian faith in hsi trial. The previous sermons recorded, by Peter, alluded to a justification but witnessed that Christ was risen, and that they were witnesses of this. But Stephen… Read More